Marius                              Earth-based telescopic image               Lunar Orbiter image, Marius left-center .

The crater Marius, by Naoyuki Kurita, upper right limb

Full-sized version of Lunar Orbiter image  LO4-150H2

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Brief

Marius is a regular flooded crater, 41 km in diameter, and located  in the NE part of Section 29. In the above photo Marius is nearer the upper edge, right. Marius G (3.3 km) is a small crater situated on its flat floor. An extensive field of low domes in the vicinity of Marius is an apparent manifestation of former volcanic activity in this part of Oceanus Procellarum. This area was one of the selected (but never used) landing sites for the Apollo missions. The domes are observable only when close to the terminator, i.e. at sunrise (4 days after First Quarter) or sunset (4 days after Last Quarter).

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Other Lunar Orbiter images

http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-150H2.jpg  http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/research/lunar_orbiter/img/4-144H2.jpg

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For the latest information and images regarding this section, including Apollo Hasselblad (H), Metric (M), and Panoramic (P) images, go to: Section 29  Clickable Sections Map

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